Dolly Parton Quotes
I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
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It happens that I'm heterosexual, but I don't care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don't have the ability to protect their rights.
Ed Koch
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
Uwe Boll
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Taylor Swift
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I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.
Barry Goldwater
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
Vikram Seth
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
Walter Annenberg
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The big tragedy in baseball is that the amateur spirit has gone out of it to a large extent.
Larry MacPhail
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
Sam Hunt
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
Gary Ross
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I was 6, and I was in the opera 'Carmen.' My dad sang opera and got me into the children's chorus. I was super fat at the time and didn't make eye contact with anyone. I knew I loved acting ever since.
Owen Benjamin
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
Hans Kung
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I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.
Damon Albarn Gorillaz
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I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.
Walter Wager
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Working together was a bit of a disaster. I'd tell him his ideas were cr*p and he'd say the same about mine.
Daisy Donovan
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
Jackson Katz
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
E. M. Forster
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
Natalie Cole
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It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
Barack Obama
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I can't die but once.
Harriet Tubman
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At Gallaudet, deafness isn't an issue. You don't even think about it. Students can pay attention to accounting or psychology or journalism. But when a deaf person goes to another college, no matter how supportive it is, that person doesn't get the same access.
I. King Jordan
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The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.
Oscar Wilde
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
Kate Adie
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I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out.
Dolly Parton